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Sophy Ridge On Sunday

Suella Braverman & Robert Halfon

Sophy Ridge On Sunday

Sky News

Politics, News, News Commentary, Government

4.2157 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Sophy talks to Brexit minister Suella Braverman about the prospects of a deal and whether she's a sleeper agent in government. Plus Conservative MP Robert Halfon explains that there's no time like 2016 when it comes to Theresa May. #Ridge

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0:00.0

Donald Trump is heading back to the White House.

0:03.1

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0:06.7

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0:10.3

And we're going to be following every twist and turn for the first 100 days.

0:15.0

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0:19.5

So join me, James McHugh. Me, Martha Kalnick, and me, Mark Stone,

0:23.4

for Trump 100 every weekday at 6am, wherever you get your podcast.

0:33.9

Hello and welcome to the Sophie Ridge on Sunday podcast. With the Brexit talks on the rocks, some pressure growing on the Prime Minister.

0:41.0

I spoke to Brexit Minister Suella Braverman about whether a deal can still be done.

0:45.4

And Conservative backbencher Robert Halfen told me that it's time the PM turn the clock back.

1:05.2

Thank you. Another EU summit that broke up without a deal, rouse about Theresa's future and arguments about backstops and transition periods that make you want to tear your hair out. In the famous

1:09.6

words of a certain Prime Minister, in British politics, it feels like nothing has changed.

1:13.6

But while it might feel like Groundhog Day, there's no doubt that the temperature was cranked up a couple of notches this week.

1:20.6

The October EU Council that was meant to be the point at which a deal was signed has come and gone with no agreement.

1:25.6

The Irish backstop continues to be front

1:28.3

and centre and very much in the way. So with the negotiations on the rocks, pressure is also

1:34.4

growing at home. Conservative MPs are in open defiance with their leader. One this week described

1:39.4

the whole situation as a shit show. Apologies for my language. Brexit is up in arms about a possible extension to the transition period,

1:47.3

and this weekend, over half a million people marched in support of a second Brexit vote.

1:52.5

Nothing has changed for now, but it could all change very quickly.

1:56.1

So when I was joined by Suella Brathamon, a committed leave supporter, former chair of the ERG,

2:01.1

and now a Brexit minister, I was keen to find out why a deal couldn't be done this week

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